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A   JUBILEE   MEMORIAL 

OF    THE 

CONSECRATION 

OF 

Which  took  place  June  27  th,   1839. 


TO   WHICH    IS   PREFIXED 


A    SHORT    HISTORY    OP    BARNWELL   PRIORY, 

From  its  Foundation  to  the  present  Time. 


BY 


WILLIAM      WHITE, 

Sub-Librarian  of  Trinity  College. 


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W.     HEFFER,     FITZKOY     STREET. 


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TO  THE 
RIGHT   REVEREND   CHARLES   FERRY,   D.D., 

LATE    LORD    BISHOP    OF    MELBO.URNK» 

FORMERLY     PATRON     OF     CHRIST     CHURCH, 

THIS    "JUBILEE    MEMORIAL" 

IS     MOST     RESPECTFULLY     DEDICATED 

BY 

THE    AUTHOR. 


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^N  the  27th  of  June,  1839,  Dr.  Allen, 
,  %M]  Bishop  of  Ely,  consecrated  the  building 
since  known  as  Christ  Church.  Fifty 
years  have  now  elapsed  since  that  time,  and 
it  has  been  deemed  fit  that  arrangements 
should  be  made  for  the  due  commemoration 
of  that  interesting  event.  Special  Jubilee  Ser- 
vices have  therefore  been  fixed  for  the  week 
in  which  the  anniversary  occurs,  all  the  sur- 
viving former  Vicars  have  been  invited,  and 
the  following  have  accepted  the  invitation,  and 
will  preach  on  successive  evenings : 


Monday,  June  24,  Rev.  G.  W.  Weldon,  M.A. 
Tuesday,  June  25,  Rev.  Chancellor  Leeke,  M.A. 
Wednesday,  June  26,  Rev.  H.  Trotter,  M.A. 
Thursday,  June  27,  Rev.  A.  Delme  Radcliffe, 

M.A. 
Friday,  June  28,  Rev.  C.  C.  Frost,  M.A.,  formerly 

Curate. 
Sunday,  June  30,  Rev.  J.  G.  Dixon,  M.A.,  the 

present  Vicar. 
As  an  additional  way  of  marking  the  Jubilee 
of  Christ  Church,  it  was  thought  desirable,  at  a 
Meeting  of  the  Wardens  and  Synodsmen,  at 
which  the  Vicar  presided,  that  a  short  Memorial 
of  the  Church  and  its  doings  should  be  compiled. 
It  was  at  first  intended  that  this  "Jubilee 
Memorial "  should  embrace  only  the  space  of  the 
fifty  years  since  the  consecration  of  Christ 
Church ;  but  upon  further  consideration  it  was 
thought  that  a  short  history  of  the  Parish  of 
Barnwell  from  the  Foundation  of  the  Priory, 
however  brief,  would  prove  interesting  to  many 
who  could  not  easily  obtain  access  to  works 
where  only  such  information  is  to  be  obtained ; 
also  that  it  would  shew  the  continuity  of  church 


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work  in   the   parish    from   the   Foundation   of 
the  Priory  to  the  present  time. 

It  would  only  be  right  here  to  mention  some 
of  the  works  which  have  been  consulted  in 
compiling  this  "Memorial." 

Dugdale's  Monasticon  Anglicanum. 
Bibliotheca  Topographia  Britannica,  Vol.  V.,  which 
contains  Rutherforth's  Abstract  of  the  Register 
of  Barnwell  Abbey. 
Cooper's  Annals. 

„         Alemoriah  of  Cambridge,  Vol.  III. 
Some  Account  of  Barnwell  Priory,  by  Marmaduke 

Pricket. 
The  History  of  fesus  Lane  Simday  School. 
Memoir  of  the  Right  Rev.  Bp.  Titcomb,  by  the  Rev. 
Allen  T,  Edwards. 

«&c.  &c. 

An  answer  to  the  question  which  has  been 
so  frequently  asked,  "Why  should  we  have  a 
Jubilee  ?"  will  be  found  in  the  accounts  here 
given  of  the  awful  depths  of  sin  and  open 
immorality  into  which  the  parish  had  sunk  at 
the  time  of  the  consecration,  and  the  improved 
condition  of  the  same  at  the  present  time,  which 


cannot  better  be  described  than  in  the  words 
of  Chancellor  Leeke,  in  his  Introduction  to  a 
History  of  Jesus  Lane  Sunday  School  in  1877: 
"  I  question  if  there  is  a  large  poor  town  parish 
in  the  land  where  there  is  more  real  and  earnest 
Christian  life  than  in  Barnwell."  Is  not  this 
a  cause  for  a  Jubilee — a  time  of  rejoicing? 

It  is  hoped  that  this  "Memorial"  may  help 
many  to  join  with  the  Psalmist  in  saying,  "I 
will  praise  Thee,  O  Lord,  with  my  whole  heart ; 
I  will  shew  forth  all  Thy  marvellous  works," 
for  "The  Lord  hath  done  great  things  for  us, 
whereof  we  are  glad." 

It  only  remains  to  thank  those  friends  who 
have  kindly  rendered  assistance  in  compiling 
this  "  Memorial "  ;  more  especially  the  former 
Vicars,  who  have  given  much  information  con- 
cerning the  parish  during  the  time  of  their 
respective  residences  in  it. 

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-ILLIAI\r  THE  CONQUEROR  bestowed 
)  upon  Picot,  a  Norman,  the  very  rich 
fl'yjl^M!,.  Barony  of  Bourn  in  Cambridgeshire. 
This  Baron  was  sheriff  of  Cambridge  in 
or  about  the  year  1092,  where  his  wife,  whose  name 
was  Hugoline,  was  taken  so  seriously  ill  that  she 
was  given  over  by  the  physicians ;  upon  which  she 
is  said  to  have  made  a  vow  to  God  and  St.  Giles, 
her  patron  saint,  that  if  she  recovered  her  health  she 
would  build  a  church,  and  establish  a  house  of  religion. 
To  this  vow  her  husband  consented.  Upon  her  recovery 
they  built  a  church  to  the  honour  of  St.  Giles,  with 
convenient  apartments,  in  which  they  placed  six  canons 
regular,  under  the  superintendence  of  Geoffrey,  canon 
of  Huntingdon  ;  to  which  they  gave,  for  their  main- 
tenance, two  parts  of  the  tythes  of  all  their  demesnes, 
and  of  the  demesnes  of  all   their  knights  pertaining 

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to  the  Barony  of  Bourn  in  Cambridgeshire.  They 
gave  them  also  the  advowson  of  all  the  churches 
which  belonged  to  them. 

Before  the  convent  was  complete,  both  Picot  and 
his  wife  died ;  leaving  their  estates  and  honours 
to  their  son  Robert,  whom  they  charged  to  finish 
that  work.  But  he,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  I.,  being 
charged  with  conspiracy,  fled ;  his  estate  and  barony 
were  confiscated  ;  and  the  convent  of  St.  Giles  was 
reduced  to  very  great  want  and  misery.  In  process 
of  time  Henry  I.  gave  the  barony,  together  with  the 
site  where  Barnwell  Abbey  was  afterwards  built,  to 
Payn  Peverel,  who  upon  coming  to  Cambridge,  and 
seeing  the  house  of  St.  Giles  desolate,  said,  that  as 
he  had  succeeded  to  the  possessions  of  Picot,  so  he 
would  succeed  him  in  finishing  the  work  which  he  had 
left  imperfect.  But  not  liking  the  position  of  the 
Convent  of  St.  Giles,  more  especially  as  they  had  not 
the  conveniency  of  a  spring,  he  resolved  upon  removing 
it  to  a  more  pleasant  situation  on  the  other  side  of 
the  river,  to  a  place  called  Barncwelle,  a  corruption 
of  Beorna-wylla,  or  the  Spring  of  the  Children  ;  on  this 
spot  Godilo,  a  pious  Saxon,  had  established  a  hermitage 
and  built  a  little  oratory  of  wood  to  the  honour  of 
St.  Andrew  the  Apostle;  but  he  dying,  had  left  the 
place  without  inhabitant,  and  his  oratory  without  a 
keeper.  Here  Payn  Peverel  erected  a  new  habitation 
for  the  canons,  which  was  much  more  commodious 
than  the  old  one,  in  which  he  resolved  to  place  thirty 
canons,  under  the  former  Prior,  Geoffrey.  In  1 1 12  the 
canons  removed  to  their  new  monastery.     Payn  Peverel 


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also  commenced  building  a  church  of  wonderful  beauty 
and  solidity,  but  before  he  had  completed  all  he 
intended  doing,  he  died  of  a  fever  in  London,  in  the  loth 
year  (1122)  after  the  translation  of  the  canons  to 
Barnwell ;  to  which  place  his  remains  were  brought, 
and  buried  on  the  north  side  of  the  great  altar  in 
the  Priory  Church. 

His  son,  William,  who  succeeded  him,  confirmed 
to  the  canons  all  the  donations  of  his  father,  and 
also  gave  them  a  hide  of  land  in  Bourn.  Afterwards 
he  went  to  Jerusalem,  and  died  there,  leaving  his  four 
sisters  his  co-heiresses.  One  of  these  marrying  Hamo 
Peche,  the  patronage  of  Barnwell  Priory  came  into 
that  family.  Geoffrey  died  at  a  great  age,  and  was 
succeeded  by  Gerard.  The  Church  lay  unfinished  the 
latter  part  of  his  time,  as  also  that  of  his  two 
successors,  Richard  Noel  and  Hugh  Domesman,  who 
gave  large  possessions  to  the  Priory. 

Robert,  surnamed  Joel,  who  was  made  Prior  in  1 135, 
having  prevailed  upon  Everard  de  Beche,  a  famous 
knight,  to  give  him  both  assistance  and  advice  for  the 
building  of  offices  and  re-building  the  church,  took 
up  the  very  foundations  of  the  church  which  had 
been  begun  by  Payn  Peverel,  and  built  a  more  decent 
and  commodious  one  in  its  stead,  which  was  dedicated 
to  the  honour  of  St.  Andrew  and  St.  Giles  on  the 
I  ith  of  May,  1191. 

King  John  gave  the  Prior  and  Convent  £\o  in 
silver;  and  on  the  27th  of  April,  1199,  he  granted  them 
the  town  of  Chesterton  in  fee  farm.  He  also  granted 
them  a  fair  at  Barnwell,  commencing  on  IMidsummei: 


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eve.     He  appears  to  have  been  at  Barnwell  on  the 
17th  of  March,  1200. 

Gilbert  Peche  caused  the  remains  of  his  great 
grandfather,  Hamo  Peche,  and  Alice,  his  wife,  to  be 
disinterred,  and  buried  in  a  marble  tomb  on  the  north 
side  of  the  great  altar  of  the  Priory  Church.  He 
was  a  considerable  benefactor  to  the  Priory ;  amongst 
other  things,  he  gave  to  this  house  the  perpetual 
advowson  of  the  Church  of  St,  George  in  Barnwell ; 
and  granted  the  canons,  by  deed  dated  at  Barnwell  the 
first  Sunday  in  Advent,  1256,  free  leave  to  electa  Prior, 
reserving  to  himself  and  his  heirs  merely  the  right  of 
confirmation,  and  a  limited  right  of  taking  possession 
during  a  vacancy. 

It  appears  that  the  Church  of  St.  Giles,  which  had 
been  built  by  Picot  and  attached  to  the  Priory,  had 
been  lost  by  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  Barnwell,  for  at 
Prior  Robert's  earnest  importunity,  William,  Bishop  of 
Ely,  restored  it  to  them,  when  it  was  assigned  for 
defraying  the  charge  for  curing  the  sick  canons  and 
bleeding  those  who  were  in  health, 

A  hospital  for  lepers,  called  St.  Mary  Magdalene 
Hospital,  Sturbridge,  was  established  in  this  parish 
before  1199,  at  which  date  the  lepers  recovered  in  the 
King's  Court  a  free  tenement  in  Comberton.  To  this 
Hospital  King  John  granted  in  121 1  a  Fair,  in  the 
close  of  the  said  Plospital,  on  the  Vigil  and  Feast 
of  the  Holy  Cross  (13th  and  14th  of  September). 
From  this  grant  is  supposed  to  have  originated  the 
famous  Fair  called  Sturbridge  Fair. 

During    the    Prioratcs    of    William    Dcvonicnses, 


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William  dc  Bedford,  and  Richard  dc  Burgh  very  little 
progress  appears  to  have  been  made  in  the  buildings  of 
the  monastery ;  but  in  the  Priorate  of  Lawrence  de 
Stanesfeld,  a  considerable  eflbrt  was  made  towards 
their  completion.  In  his  time  the  following  buildings 
were  erected  :  the  chapel  of  St.  Edmund,  the  refectory, 
the  great  hall  for  guests,  the  granary,  the  bake-house, 
the  brew-house,  the  stables,  the  walls,  the  inner  and 
outer  gates  and  the  barns.  He  died  at  an  advanced 
age,  and  was  buried  at  the  entrance  to  the  chapel  of 
St.  Rlary.  Nothing  appears  to  have  been  done  by 
Henry  de  Eya,  but  Johan  de  Thorleye  added  a  hand- 
some appartment  to  the  Prior's  Lodge,  a  private  chapel, 
and  part  of  the  west  side  of  the  cloister. 

In  the  Civil  Wars  between  King  Henry  and  his 
Barons,  the  adherents  of  the  insurgent  barons  com- 
mitted great  excesses  at  the  Priory,  and  would  have 
burned  down  this  house  but  for  the  intercession  of 
Sir  Hugh  Pechc  and  his  brother. 

In  the  evening  of  February  3,  1 287-8,  a  great  tempest 
arose,  when  a  terrible  flash  of  lightning  struck  the 
Cross  on  the  summit  of  the  Tower  of  the  Priory 
Church,  which  not  only  destroyed  the  Tower,  but  set 
fire  also  to  the  Choir,  and  did  great  damage  to  the 
windows  and  other  parts  of  the  building.  The  wind 
being  very  high,  caused  the  sparks  to  lly  upon  the 
neighbouring  houses,  and  set  fire  to  them.  The  fire 
raged  all  that  night  and  the  next  day.  Through  the 
exertions  of  Robert  de  Hekitone,  sacrist  of  the  Church, 
the  repairs  were  almost  completed  in  two  years. 
John    de    Kyrkebi,    Bishop    of    Ely,    performed    the 


ceremony  of  reconciling  the  Church  in  March,  1288. 
From  the  fire  to  the  latter  date  service  was  performed 
in  St.  Mary's  Chapel. 

Edward  II.  was  at  the  Priory  the  i8th,  19th  and 
20th  of  February,  1325-6. 

September  9th,  1388,  Richard  II.  held  a  Parliament 
at  Barnwell  Priory.  Here  it  was  that  the  King  delivered 
all  the  temporalities  of  the  Bishopric  of  Ely  to  John 
Fordham,  whom  he  had  preferred  to  that  See.  In 
this  Parliament,  John  Holland,  the  King's  maternal 
brother,  was  created  Earl  of  Huntingdon.  On  the 
29th  of  October,  1436,  writs  were  issued  by  Henry  VI. 
convening  a  Parliament  at  Cambridge  on  the  21st  of 
January,  1436-7,  but  the  place  of  meeting  was  changed 
to  Westminster;  also  on  the  14th  of  December,  1446, 
but  the  place  was  again  changed  to  Bury  St.  Edmunds. 
During  the  king's  residence  at  the  Priory,  i6th  of 
October,  1438,  he  extended  the  duration  of  Midsummer 
Fair. 

Edward  IV.  v/as  at  Cambridge  in  1463,  and  the 
Queen  in  1468. 

John  Willyamson  was  charged  with  having  stolen 
on  the  18th  of  April,  1475,  two  silver  gilt  chalices  from 
the  old  Church  of  St.  Andrew,  Barnwell. 

Synods  of  the  diocese  were  frequently  held  in  the 
conventual  Church.  At  one  of  them  John  Alcock, 
Bishop  of  Ely,  delivered  a  discourse,  which  he  caused  to 
be  printed  with  a  curious  punning  title.  In  another 
Synod  held  here,  9th  July,  1528,  the  celebration  of  mass 
in  "rugged  gownes"  was  prohibited,  and  Rectors  and 
Curates  were  forbidden  to  use  the  new  translation 


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of  the  Bible.  About  the  close  of  1529,  Nicholas 
West,  Bishop  of  Ely,  preached  in  the  Church  of  this 
Priory  against  Hugh  Latimer,  whose  sermons  in  behalf 
of  the  Reformation  were  then  causing  much  con- 
troversy. 

Prior  Nicholas  Smith  not  agreeing  with  King 
Henry  VIIPs  measures  was  compelled,  in  1534,  to  resign 
his  oflice,  as  appears  by  the  following  record,  which 
being  very  characteristic  of  the  King,  may  prove 
interesting.  It  is  extracted  and  translated  from  Bishop 
Goodrich  of  Ely's  Register: 

"  Henry  the  Eighth,  by  the  Grace  of  God  of 
"England  and  France  King,  Defender  of  the 
"  Faith,  Lord  of  Ireland,  and  of  the  Church  of 
"  England,  as  well  by  the  authority  of  the  Synod 
"as  the  Parliament  Supreme  Head,  to  the 
"  Reverend  Father  in  Christ,  Thomas,  by  Divine 
"permission  Bishop  of  Ely,  greeting:  Know 
"that  to  the  election  lately  made  in  our  INIonastery 
"  or  Priory  of  Barnwell,  in  your  diocese, — whereby 
"  that  wary  and  discreet  man  Master  John  Badcock, 
"  formerly  Canon  of  the  same  place,  w-as  elected  to 
"  the  oflice  of  Prior,  vacant  by  the  free  resigna- 
"tion  of  Master  Nicholas  Smith,  last  Prior  of 
"  that  place,  made  into  our  hands  and  accepted 
"  by  our  authority, — we  have  granted  our  royal 
"  assent  and  favour :  Wherefore  we  command 
"you,  by  these  presents,  to  confirm,  ratify,  and 
"approve  of  this  election  by  your  authority  in 
"  the  usual  form  ;  otherwise  we  shall  take  care  to 
"  supply   the  defect  arising  from  your  i)rcceding 


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"negligence,  by  ouf  authority  as  suprerne  head  of 
"  the  aforesaid  church. — In  witness  whereof  we 
"  have  caused  these  our  letters  patent  to  be  issued. 
"Witness  my  hand  at  Westminster,  this  24th  of 
"November,  in  the  26th  year  of  our  reign.  By 
"  writ  under  our  private  seal,  and  the  aforesaid 
"authority  of  Parliament. 

CrUmwell." 

By  virtue  of  the  above  patent  John  Badcock  was 
constituted  Prior  of  Barnwell,  and  presented  on  the 
24th  of  November,  1534,  and  continued  in  that  office 
till  the  dissolution,  when  he  surrendered  the  Monastery 
on  the  8th  of  November,  1539,  to  Henry  VIII.,  by 
whom  it  was  dissolved ;  Badcock  obtaining  a  Pension 
of  £^  per  annum.  He  was  the  last  Prior  of  Barnwell. 
After  the  dissolution  of  his  Monastery,  and  the  death 
of  John  Lacy  and  his  Wife  (who  had  taken  a  lease 
of  the  lands  and  tythcs  belonging  to  the  dissolved 
Priory  in  Cambridge  and  Barnwell,  of  King  Henry  VIII), 
Badcock  took  the  said  lease  and  farmed  the  lands 
and  tythes.  He  appears  to  have  continued  his  services 
in  this  Church  for  many  years  as  its  Rector.  He  died 
in  1562. 

By  an  Inquisition  in  the  Reign  of  Edward  I.  it 
appeared  that  Sturbridgc  Fair  was  granted  by  King 
John  to  the  Hospital  of  Lepers  for  the  use  and  sub- 
sistence of  the  Lepers  dwelling  therein.  The  Perpetual 
Curate  of  St.  Andrew  the  Less  had  usually  been 
appointed  to  the  Office  of  Preacher  at  this  Fair,  but 
in  17/0,  a  dispute  arose  between  the  Corporation  of 
Cambridge  and  the  Patron  of  Barnwell  rcs])ecting  the 


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Hcfht  of  appointifig  such  Preacher.  The  Mayor  ap- 
pointed a  Preacher  ;  the  Patron  and  Minister  protested 
against  such  appointment.  Eventually  the  Minister 
of  Barnwell  gave  notice  to  the  people  at  the  Fair  that 
the  Services  would,  in  future,  be  held  in  the  Church, 
and  thus  ended  this  mighty  dispute. 


$  TtHn^i^  t\  pHtjntm^n. 


P-lr-^iHE  Village  of  Barnwell,  after  the  dissolution 
I'^M^^I  ^^  ^^^  Priory,  can  scarcely  be  said  to  have 
(f\l^lii  had  a  history,  so  small  was  the  ])lace.  In 
1728,  there  were  only  181  persons  in  the 
parish,  which  is  about  10  miles  in  circumference; 
and  on  the  30th  of  September  1731,  the  whole  place, 
except  the  Church  and  six  houses,  was  destroyed 
by  fire.  In  1794,  there  were  320  inhabitants,  which 
number,  from  some  unascertained  cause,  again  fell 
in  1 80 1  to  225.  August  14,  1807,  the  Royal  assent 
was  given  to  an  Act  for  inclosing  the  lands  of  this 
parish,  which  was  greatly  opposed  at  the  time ;  but 
it  will  be  seen  by  reference  to  the  accompanying  table, 
extracted  from  the  Parliamentary  Returns  to  the  Popu- 
lation Act,  that  the  parish  has  from  that  period  gone 
on  increasing  with  rapid  strides : 


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Year. 

Houses. 

I'crsons. 

In- 

habited. 

Unin- 
habited. 

Build- 
ing. 

By  how 

many 

Families 

uccui,.c-d. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

1801 

79 

•• 

79 

if>5 

87 

252 

1811 

95 

385 

I 

7 
37 

102 

194 

217 

411 

1821 

9 

393 

1062 

1 149 

22II 

1S31 

1419 

83 

16 

1493 

3235 

3416 

6651 

1841 

1953 

260 

21 

4552 

4934 

9486 

1851 

2365 

130 

5 

5624 

6152 

II776 

1861 

2553 

137 

7 

5583 

6265 

IIS48 

1871 

3390 

97 

58 

7610 

8348 
9900 

15958 

1881 

4342 

124 

89 

7610 

21078 

It    should    be    known    that    the    present    Church, 
commonly  called  the  Abbey  Church,  was  never  a  portion 
of    the    before-mentioned    Barnwell    Priory     Church. 
That  was  of  very  large  dimensions — said  to  have  been 
one  of  the  largest  in  England — and  very  magnificent. 
It  contained  several  chapels;  we  find  mention  of  the] 
Chapels  of  St.  Peter,  St.  IMary  and  St.  Edmund,  and 
St.   Hugh.    The  first  notice   of  the  so-called  Abbey! 
Church  occurs  in  the  Taxation  of  Pope  Nicholas  in  I 
1291;    there   it   is   called    "  Capella    de    Cernewelle,'* 
the  Chapel  of  Barnwell ;    and  the  Prior  of   Barnwell 
is  stated  to  be  the  Rcclor  thereof,  which  would  not 


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have  been  the  case  had  it  been  a  portion  of  the 
Priory  Church.  The  style  of  the  architecture  (Early 
English)  agrees  with  this  period.  It  seems,  therefore, 
very  probable  that  this  Chapel  was  built  for  the  special 


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use  of  the  people  of  the  village  of  Barnwell,  and  was 
served  by  the  Prior,  as  Rector,  or  one  of  his  canons. 
That  may  also  account  for  its  being  left  intact,  whilst 
the  very  foundations  of  the  Priory  itself  have  been 
dug  up  and  carted  away.  When  the  site  of  the  Priory 
was  dug  over  in  1812,  a  vast  number  of  slender  pillars 
of  Purbeck  marble  were  found,  which  would  indicate 
that  in  that  portion  of  the  Priory  Church  the  Early 
English  style  of  architecture  prevailed.  Perhaps  this 
might  have  been  the  Lady  Chapel,  built  about  1220. 
Only  one  small  portion -probably  a  part  of  the 
Refectory — is  at  present  left  to  speak  of  the  style  and 


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former  splendour  of  the  Priory.  It  has  plain  lancet 
^vindo^vs  and  a  very  good  vaulted  roof.  This  building 
and  a  piece  of  land  surrounding  it  has  been  most 
generously  given  by  j\Ir.  Joseph  Sturton,  of  Cambridge, 
to  the  Cambridge  Antiquarian  Society. 

Edward  VI.  granted  the  monastic  estate  and  rectorial 
tythes  to  Edward  Lord  Clinton,  and  in  the  14th  year  of 
Queen  Elizabeth  the  same  property  was  in  the  hands 
of  Thomas  Wendy,  Esq.,  son  of  Dr.  Wendy,  of  Hasling- 
field,  who,  according  to  Masters'  History  of  Corpus 
Christi  College,  gave  more  than  182  loads  of  stone 
from  the  late  Priory  of  Barnwell  to  Bene't  College  to 
build  their  Chapel  (which  is  now  the  College  Kitchen). 
Tt  is  thought  that  we  may  date  the  destruction  of 
the  Priory  from  this  period.  How  long  the  Barnwell 
priory  Estate  remained  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Wendy's 
family  is  not  certain,  but  in  1659  it  belonged  to  the 
family  of  Chicheley  of  Wimpole,  for  in  that  year 
Neville  Alexander  Butler  obtained  it,  in  exchange  for 
an  estate  at  Orwell,  from  Sir  Thomas  Chicheley. 
Mr.  Butler  then  came  hither  to  dwell,  being  the  first 
owner  that  lived  on  the  estate  since  the  dissolution. 
The  mansion,  which  bears  the  date  of  1678,  was 
probably  erected  by  him.  The  estate  remained  in  the 
])Ossession  of  the  Butler  family  until  the  year  1756, 
when  it  was  sold  to  Geo.  Ristc,  Esq.  In  1763  it  was 
conveyed  to  Thomas  Panton,  Esq.,  under  a  settlement, 
made  on  the  marriage,  in  1767,  of  his  son,  of  the  same 
name.  The  estates  ultimately  passed  to  Priscilla 
Barbara  Elizabeth,  Baroness  Willoughby  of  Eresby, 
Viiic  of  Peter  Lord  Gwydir,  and  the  Hon.  Peter  Robert 


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Drummond  Ciirrell,  their  son,  by  whom  it  was  sold  in 
1813  to  Dr.  Geldart.  Soon  after  Dr.  Gcldart  came 
into  possession  of  the  estate  he  built  a  church  on  the 
ground  now  occupied  by  the  Mill  Road  Cemetery.  But 
this,  not  long  after  the  consecration  of  Christ  Church, 
was  pulled  down.  The  Rev.  Geo.  Fisk,  of  Corpus 
iChristi  College,  used  to  preach  at  this  Church. 

The  Abbey  grounds  were  in  1886  purchased  from 
the  Geldart  family  by  Mr.  Sturton,  before  referred 
to,  who  has  since  made  roads  through  the  estate, 
and  sold  most  of  the  land  in  small  building  lots. 
It  is  now  fast  being  covered  with  houses. 

About  the  year  1825  the  Abbey  Church  appears  to 
have  been  allowed  to  fall  sadly  into  decay,  as  on  the 
9th  of  February  of  that  year  the  Court  of  King's  Bench 
discharged  a  Rule  obtained  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Geldart 
and  others,  calling  on  the  Churchwardens  of  St.  Andrew 
the  Less  to  shew  cause  why  a  Writ  of  Mandamus  should 
not  issue  commanding  them  to  repair  the  Church  of 
that  parish.  In  1846,  the  structure  had  become  so 
dilapidated  that  it  was  obliged  to  be  closed  as  unfit 
for  Divine  Service.  And  an  Instrument  was  executed 
by  the  Church  Building  Commissioners,  the  Bishop  of 
Ely,  the  Patron,  and  the  Incumbent,  bearing  date 
26  January,  1846,  making  Christ  Church  the  Church 
of  the  Parish  to  all  intents  and  purposes.  In  1854,  the 
work  of  restoration  was  undertaken  by  the  Cambridge 
Architectural  Society,  and  carried  out  with  much 
propriety.  The  Incorporated  Society  for  Building 
Churches  contributed  £1-^0  towards  its  restoration. 

As  Sunday  Schools  form  an  important  factor  in  the 


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solution  of  the  difficult  problem  of  successful  parochial 
organization,  \vc  may  usefully  relate  the  history  of 
their  development  in  connection  with  Barnwell  Parish. 
On  a  Sunday  morning,  early  in  the  Spring  of  1827, 
a  party  of  undergraduates  were  discussing  the  question 
as  to  the  most  profitable  use  of  their  Sunday  leisure. 
One  of  them  suggested  that  a  part  of  their  time  might 
be  given  to  the  religious  instruction  of  such  young 
children  as  they  might  be  able  to  gather  together  for 
that  purpose.  The  sadly  neglected  condition  of  Barn- 
well was  pointed  out,  and  the  place  as  offering  a  suitable 
field  of  work.  After  further  deliberation,  it  was 
resolved  that  a  suitable  room  be  secured  in  Cambridge, 
to  which  the  Barnwell  children  should  be  invited,  and 
a  canvass  of  that  parish  be  made  at  once  by  Messrs. 
J.  ]\I.  Brown,  A.  W.  Brown,  W.  Leeke  (the  father  of  the 
present  Chancellor  Leeke),  A.  T.  Carr,  and  J.  W.  Harden. 
The  efforts  of  these  gentlemen  were  singularly  suc- 
cessful, and  no  less  than  220  scholars  were  gathered 
together  in  the  Meeting  House  belonging  to  the 
Society  of  Friends,  under  the  charge  of  20  gownsmen 
as  teachers,  who  were  assisted  by  the  wives  of  some 
Fellow  Commoners.  Thus  was  commenced  that  organi- 
zation of  world-wide  fame,  which  (owing  to  the  situation 
of  the  Friends'  Meeting  House  in  that  locality)  has  ever 
since  been  known  as  the  "Jesus  Lane  Sunday  School." 
It  was  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  Barnwell  should  have 
been  selected  as  the  place  most  in  need  of  help,  for  the 
dissolute  and  heathenish  condition  of  the  inhabitants 
at  that  time  was  openly  notorious.  It  is  to  be  feared 
that  the  bad  name  which  was  then,  not  undeservedly, 


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applied  to  Barnwell  has  not  yet  been  dissociated 
from  the  place,  although  the  earnest  christian  effort 
^v■hich  has  been  expended  for  its  benefit  shows  such 
wonderfully  good  results. 

In  the  year  1833  the  Committee  of  Manageiiient 
found  that  the  accommodation  afforded  by  the  Friends' 
Meeting  House  was  insilfBcient  for  the  increasing 
number  of  children  in  attendance.  Arrangements 
were  made  with  the  Governors  of  the  Old  Schools 
for  the  transfer  of  the  enterprise  to  the  building  in 
King  Street,  then  occupied  as  an  Elementary  Day 
School.  Here  the  work  was  carried  on  with  uninter- 
rupted success  for  many  years.  In  this  School  a 
considerable  number  of  future  tulers  in  Church  and 
State,  as  well  as  a  numerous  company  of  parochial 
clergymen,  obtained  an  excellent  insight  into  an 
important  branch  of  religious  and  philanthropic  work. 

In  1 865  E.  T.  Leeke,  B.A.,  of  Trinity  College,  became 
Superintendent,  when  the  question  of  better  accom- 
modation was  again  mooted.  It  was  finally  agreed 
to  erect  School  Rooms  for  the  special  use  of  this 
unique  organization.  The  work  was  at  once  undertaken, 
and  on  October  31,  1867,  the  New  Building  situated 
in  Paradise  Street  was  opened,  and  with  the  increased 
accommodation  has  afforded  scope  for  many  different 
kinds  of  work.  Within  its  walls  are  carried  on  a 
Higher  Grade  Boys'  School  (originated  by  Mr.  Leeke), 
which  educates  about  250  boys;  a  dozen  or  more 
Bible  Classes ;  together  with  a  valuable  and  prosperous 
Institute,  which  provides  for  lads  and  young  men  an 
admirable  scries  of  Educational  Classes — concerning 


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which  a  few  words  must  be  added.  There  was  about 
this  time  a  pretty  general  feeling  among  the  Super- 
intendent and  Bible  Class  Teachers  of  this  School 
that  there  was  a  want  of  some  means  of  seeing  the 
elder  members  oftener,  so  as  to  know  each  other  better, 
and  help  one  another  forward.  So  the  Youths'  Club, 
or,  as  it  is  now  called,  the  Albert  Institute,  was 
established  by  A.  E.  Humphreys,  M.A.,  Fellow  of 
Trinity  College,  and  Superintendent  of  the  Jesus  Lane 
Sunday  School,  in  January,  1872,  and  has  nourished 
very  vigorously  with  150  members  annually  ever  since. 
The  object  of  the  Club  may  be  defined  as  the  religious, 
intellectual,  moral  and  social  improvement  of  working 
lads,  chiefly  those  employed  in  offices,  warehouses  and 
shops.  The  means  adopted  to  effect  this  object  being 
(i)  a  reading  room;  (2)  a  lending  library,  furnished 
with  books  that  youths  icill  read  and  find  interesting ; 
(3)  educational  classes;  (4)  fortnightly  lectures;  (5)  brass 
and  flute  bands,  hand-bell  company  and  glee  society ; 
(6)  cricket  and  rowing  clubs,  with  athletics  and 
swimming  in  the  summer  season. 

The  educational  classes,  five  years  after  its  establish- 
ment, comprised  drawing,  reading,  writing,  dictation, 
arithmetic,  French,  Latin,  shorthand,  English  history, 
electricity,  elocution,  and  divinity.  Prizes  for  Bible 
questions,  essays,  chess  and  draught  tournaments,  &c., 
were  also  given. 

INLiny  similar  Clubs  and  Institutes  have  since  been 
founded  on  its  model  by  University  teachers  who  have 
worked  in  it. 

When  the  new  Schoolrooms  were  opened,  an  animated 

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discussion  was  carried  on  at  the  Teachers'  Conference 
as  to  "the  advisability  of  having  Special  Sunday  Services 
for  children"  ;  but  it  was  not  till  1872  that  the  Super- 
intendent (Mr.  Humphreys)  announced  that  it  was 
contemplated  to  build  a  Children's  Church  in  Wellington 
Street.  This  was  set  about  with  a  will.  Collections 
from  the  University  and  town  were  energetically  made 
and  the  required  sum  of /"i  200  raised.  The  Bishop  of 
Ely  (Dr.  Harold  Browne)  laid  the  Memorial  Stone,  and 
gave  a  plain  and  earnest  address  to  a  large  audience 
gathered  in  the  street.  The  Church,  dedicated  to 
St.  John,  was  opened  in  May,  1873,  and  is  used  as 
a  Children's  and  Mission  Church. 

The  year  1877  was  the  Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  these 
Schools ;  and  the  Committee  held  a  Jubilee  Service,  at 
which  most  of  the  Old  Superintendents  and  Teachers 
were  present.  The  present  Teachers  appealed  to  their 
predecessors  to  join  them  in  raising  some  permanent 
Memorial  and  Thank-offering  for  past  mercies,  the 
outcome  of  which  appeal  was  that  a  Building  was 
raised  which  serves  for  Bible-Classes  on  Sundays, 
and  in  the  week  for  the  Albert  Institute.  The  Building 
is  of  two  storeys,  affording  two  large  Reading  Rooms, 
three  Class  Rooms,  and  a  Gymnasium. 

The  Schools  on  the  East  Road  were  established  in 
1835.  They  were  built  by,  and  under  the  management 
of,  the  Governors  of  the  Old  Schools  in  Cambridge. 
The  Vicar  of  the  Parish  is  an  ex-ofiicio  Governor  of 
these  most  excellent  and  beneficial  Schools. 

In  the  several  transfers  of  the  Priory  estate  the 
owner    became    in    right   thereof   the    patron   of  the 


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parochial  church  ;  but  the  advowson  of  the  benefice, 
formerly  a  donative  curacy,  was  parted  with  in  1835  by 
Dr.  Geldart  to  the  Rev.  Chas.  Perry  (afterwards  Bishop 
of  Melbourne),  who  became  the  Patron.  Although  he 
threw  himself  heartily  into  Evangelistic  work  in  the 
Parish  of  Barnwell,  he  never  held  the  Living,  but  in 
1837  appointed  the  Rev.  Thomas  Boodle,  M.A.,  of 
Trinity  College,  to  the  Incumbency. 


i|mi  iIjurJ|,  ^arnuii^Il 


HE  needs  of  a  growing  population,  which  now 
.1  numbered  between  7000  and  8000  inhabitants, 
^'^''0k  with  church  accommodation  for  less  than  500, 
had  led  to  the  undertaking  of  a  scheme  for 
the  erection  of  two  additional  places  of  worship.  The 
one  known  as  Christ  Church  was  the  first  built,  at  a  cost 
of  /'3800,  which,  by  the  energy  and  zeal  of  Mr.  Perry, 
was  raised  by  subscription — towards  which  he  con- 
tributed £zoo.  The  ancient  structure,  which  had  for 
several  centuries  served  the  purpose  of  a  parochial 
church,  was  at  this  time  in  a  ruinous  condition  ;  and 
indeed,  in  1846,  it  became  necessary  to  close  it 
altogether,  as  unfit  for  Divine  service. 

Christ    Church    was    opened    for    service    on    the 
24th    of    May,    1839,    and    consecrated   by  Dr.  Allen, 


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Bishop  of  Ely,  on  the  27th  of  June  in  the  same  year. 
The  other  Church,  St.  Paul's,  on  the  Hills'  Road,  was 
opened  for  service  on  the  17th  of  May,  1843,  and 
consecrated  by  the  same  Bishop  on  the  15th  of 
October,  1 844..  The  cost  of  erection  was  also  defrayed 
by  subscription,  Mr.  Perr^  giving  a  like  sum  (/^2oo) 
towards  it.  The  architect  of  both  these  Churches  was 
Ambrose  Poynter,  Esq. 

The  Rev.  Tiios.  Boodle  (who  had  been  for  the  last 
two  years  Incumbent  of  the  Abbey  Church)  became  the 
first  Vicar  of  Christ  Church.  lie  was  a  hartl  working, 
painstakini;  man,   whose  heart  must  often   have   sunk 


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within  him  at  the  herculean  task  which  lay  before  him 
— the  attempt  to  cope  with  the  enormous  amount  of 
iniquity  which  was  rampant  at  that  time  in  Barnwell, 
He  visited  much  in  the  Parish,  and  many  and  many  a 
family  were  blessed  by  his  bright  smile  and  fatherly 
advice.  He  was  always  ready  to  rejoice  at  their  pros- 
perity or  to  sympathize  with  their  distress. 

In  1838  the  Cambridge  Refuge,  an  Institution  for 
the  reformation  of  unfortunate  women  who  have 
strayed  from  the  path  of  virtue,  was  established.  It  is 
principally  supported  by  voluntary  contributions. 

It  appears  that  Mr.  Boodle  was  for  some  time  non- 
resident, but  resigned  the  incumbency  at  the  beginning 
of  1845. 

On  the  1 8th  of  February  of  the  same  year  Mr.  Perry 
oflFered  the  living  to  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Holt  Titcomb, 
M.A.,  St.  Peter's  College,  and  in  April  he  was  presented 
to  the  Incumbency,  Mr.  Perry  guaranteeing  an  income 
of  ^150.  There  was  at  that  time  a  population  of 
about  7,000,  formed,  for  the  most  part,  of  the  most 
heterogeneous  character.  In  certain  parts  of  the  parish 
vice  abounded,  and  it  would  not  be  too  much  to  say 
that  there  were  localities  in  which  decent  persons 
would  have  been  ashamed  to  have  been  seen.  Much 
had  been  done  by  Battiscombe,  Fisk,  Boodle,  and  Lane, 
but  most  of  all  perhaps  by  the  Teachers  of  the  Jesus 
Lane  and  other  Schools,  who  had  laid  such  firm  hold 
of  the  minds  of  the  young.  When  Mr.  Titcomb 
began  his  ministry  he  found  a  half-empty  church,  with 
about  sixty  communicants.  Much  of  his  after  success 
depended  on  the  fact  that  he  never  allowed  himself  to 


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be  distracted  by  any  new  plan  till  he  had  llioroughly 
consolidated  the  object  on  which  he  was  then  engaged. 
In  July  he  opened  Cottage  Lectures  in  four  different 
parts  of  the  parish,  thus  many,  who  never  entered  the 
House  of  God,  had  the  Gospel  brought  to  them.  A 
goodly  staft"  of  District  Visitors,  among  whom  the 
whole  parish  was  mapped  out,  was  shortly  raised. 
About  this  time  the  Church  Pastoral  Aid  Society  made 
him  a  grant  towards  a  Curate  and  a  Lay  Assistant. 

The  Church  was  soon  filled,  and  the  number  of 
communicants  greatly  increased.  The  three  Sunday 
Schools,  superintended  by  undergraduates,  were  well 
attended  and  well  manned  with  teachers. 

On  the  I  St  of  January,  1846,  he  began  his  sermons 
to  children,  when  he  addressed  some  500  or  600, 
which  he  continued  monthly  during  the  whole  of 
his  ministry.  A  Provident  Society  was  opened,  two 
working  parties  of  ladies  for  the  poor  were  held,  and  a 
special  effort  was  made  for  the  female  outcasts  of  the 
parish  ;  by  February  the  number  of  communicants  had 
increased  to  130. 

As  far  as  outward  appearances  went  there  were 
manifest  indications  of  prosperity,  and  of  a  revival  of 
religious  interest  and  life  in  the  parish ;  but  there  was 
one  subject  which  pressed  heavily  upon  his  mind — the 
impossibility  of  bringing  the  message  of  the  Gospel  to 
those  who  never  attended  church  or  any  means  of 
grace.  After  much  prayer,  due  consideration  and  taking 
advice  of  friends,  he  determined  upon  trying  open-air 
preaching.  His  plea  was  based  on  the  following  con- 
siderations:    I.   The   Bible   authorises   ii.      2.   Eccle- 


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siaslical  usage  sanctions  it.  3.  The  state  of  the  parish 
requires  it.  4.  Ministerial  responsibility  demands  it. 
5.  Love  for  the  Church  of  England  invites  it.  Strong 
in  his  own  con\-ictions,  he  made  his  first  attempt  on 
13th  June,  1 85 1,  at  the  back  of  New  Street.  From  his 
own  words  we  know  he  had  no  reason  to  be  cast  down 
at  the  result  of  his  first  attempt.  He  says,  "  It  pleased 
God  to  bring  to  that  hallowed  spot  (for  so  I  must  call  it) 

not    less    than    2,000    souls The    attention    was 

beyond  my  expectation.  Many  of  those  rough  men, 
whom  I  thought  would  interrupt  me,  had  tears  rolling 
down  their  furrowed  cheeks  when  they  heard  of  their 
dear  Redeemer's  love."  This  open-air  preaching  was 
extended  to  many  parts  of  the  parish,  but  he  had 
hitherto  shrunk,  on  account  of  its  apparent  hopelessness, 
from  the  duty  of  preaching  on  Midsummer  Common 
at  the  time  of  the  Fair.  In  1857  he  resolved  upon 
attempting  this,  and  took  up  his  post  about  200  yards 
from  the  booths,  and  preached  to  large  assemblies  for 
the  five  nights  of  the  fair. 

Early  in  1859  Mr.  Titcomb  accepted  the  office  of 
English  Secretary  to  the  Christian  Vernacular  Education 
Society.  In  March  he  entered  upon  his  new  duties, 
though  he  did  not  finally  leave  Cambridge  till  Mid- 
summer. He  preached  his  farewell  sermon  on  the 
3rd  Sunday  in  June. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Kirki5Y  Robinson,  M.A.,  Fellow 
of  Catharine  College,  succeeded  Mr.  Titcomb  as  Vicar 
of  St.  Andrew  the  Less.  He  was  Inducted  to  the  Living 
in  1859,  at  which  time  he  found  a  well-filled  church,  and 
during  the  time  of  his  residence  amongst  us  he  kept 


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the  congregation  well  together;  but  after  about  two 
and  a  half  years  he  resigned  the  Living,  in  consequence 
of  his  being  elected  to  the  Mastership  of  his  College, 
and  the  church  was  for  about  six  months  without 
a  pastor. 

The  Living  was  then  offered  to  and  accepted  by  the 
Rev.  George  WARiiURTON  Weldon,  M.A.,  Trinity 
College,  Dublin,  who  has  very  kindly  responded  to  the 
request  for  information  concerning  the  parish  during 
his  residence  in  it,  by  giving  a  very  lucid  and  interesting 
account,  which  it  is  thought  best  to  publish  in  his  own 
words: — 

"  Having  been  requested  to  give  an  account  of  the 
condition  of  the  Parish  of  St.  Andrew  the  Less  when 
I  was  appointed  to  it  in  the  year  1862,  the  following 
summary  may  be  deemed  sufficient. 

"As  to  the  part  acted  by  myself  in  the  organisation 
of  the  parish  I  desire  to  say  as  little  as  possible. 
Whatever  measure  of  success  may  have  attended  the 
labours  of  those  who  took  a  prominent  part  in  the 
work,  humanly  speaking,  is  due  to  my  valued  friend — 
the  Rev.  W.  J.  Beamont,  Vicar  of  St.  IMichacl's  and 
Senior  Fellow  of  Trinity  College.  He  was  the  prime 
mover  in  bringing  about  the  success  which  attended 
the  work  of  Church  Extension  in  Barnwell.  That  this 
was  so,  will  be  seen  from  the  following  facts : 

"  It  would  be  impossible  to  exaggerate  the  low  esti- 
mate in  which  certain  portions  of  the  parish  of  Barnwell 
was  held  in  the  year  1862.  Streets  rejoicing  in  the 
nomenclature  of  such  illustrious  and  historical  names 
as  those  of  Wellington  and  Nelson  were  sunk  in  a  very 

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low  state  of  demoralisation.     In  these  streets  there  was 
not,  I  believe,  a  single  house  that  was  not  the  resort 
of  characters  of  bad  repute.     I  have  witnessed  scenes 
in  these  localities,  even  in  open  day,  that  could  hardly 
be  credited.     Those  places,  by  a  kind  of  tacit  consent, 
were  abandoned  to  vice.     Nelson  Street  went  by  the 
name  of 'Devil's  Row.'     These  were  the  worst  streets, 
but  there  were  other  parts  of  the  parish,  not  perhaps 
so  notorious,  still  equally  disreputable.      There  were 
a  few  streets  off  East  Road  where  Proctorial  visits  were 
matters  of  almost  nightly  occurrence.      The  name  of 
Barnwell  had  fallen  into  such  disrepute  that,  when  a 
district    Post   OfBce   had   been   opened   in   the   street 
immediately  opposite  the  Vicarage,  a  deputation  of  the 
inhabitants   waited  upon  me  to  request  that  I  should 
apply  to  the  Post  Office  authorities  to  ask  them  not 
to  have  the  letters  from  the  parish,  that  passed  through 
that  Post  Office,  stamped  with  the  name  of  Barnwell 
on  the  envelope.      When  I  asked  why  there  was  so 
much  objection  raised  to  it,  I  was  told  that  '  friends 
at  a  distance  did  not  like  it  to  be  known  that  letters 
came   to  them   from   a   place   which   bore   so   bad   a 
character.'      Accordingly,   I   wrote  to  Mr.,  afterwards 
Sir  Andrew  Trollope,  whose  official  position  in  connec- 
tion with  Post  Office  matters  was  likely  to  secure  the 
desired  result.     His  reply  was  somewhat  characteristic 
of  the  well-known  writer.     In  a  serio-comic  vein  he 
good-humouredly  referred  to  the  improved  tone  which 
the  Church  Extension  scheme  had  at  the  date  of  his 
letters  produced  in  the  locality,  and  he  adds,   'in  a 
purified  Barnwell  we  may  hope  that  the  name  will  ere 


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long  be  looked  upon  as  an  honourable  distinction.' 
I  do  not  know  that  I  coukl  state  any  fact  more  strikingly 
suggestive  of  the  ill-omened  repute  which  the  parish 
bore  at  the  time  of  my  being  appointed  to  it.  No 
wonder  that  the  Trustees  had  in  vain  offered  the  Living 
to  clergyman  after  clergyman  when  the  apjiointment 
of  the  present  Master  of  St.  Catharine's  to  that  College 
caused  a  vacancy  in  the  parish  of  St.  Andrew  the  Less. 
Five  months  and  a  fortnight  had  elapsed  from  the  date 
of  Canon  Robinson's  resignation,  and  still  no  one 
could  be  found  willing  to  accept  the  responsibility  of 
the  position.  It  was  at  that  juncture  that  I  received 
a  letter  from  my  friend,  the  Reverend  Henry  Venn. 
He  stated  that  my  name  had  been  mentioned  to  the 
Trustees  by  Canon  Hoare,  of  Tunbridge  Wells,  and  he 
also  informed  me  that  unless  a  nomination  were  made 
within  a  fortnight  the  appointment  would  lapse  to  the 
Bishop  of  the  diocese.  He  then  asked  me  to  call  upon 
him  at  the  Church  Missionary  House  the  following 
day.  In  the  interview  which  then  took  place,  I  must 
do  Mr.  Venn  the  justice  to  say  that  he  painted  the 
parish  of  Barnwell  in  the  substance  and  coloring  of  its 
real  character.  So  much  so  that  he  suggested  that 
I  should  go  down  at  once  and  look  at  the  position 
before  accepting  it,  lest  I  should  be  disappointed.  IMy 
reply  was  as  follows :  '  No,  I  shall  not  go  down.  If 
you  have  no  one  else,  I  am  ready  and  willing  to  accept 
the  offer,  and,  until  I  am  actually  ii;stitutcd,  I  will  not 
visit  the  parish.' 

'•  The   usual   formalities   were  gone  through ;    and 
accordingly,  on  the  14th  February,  1S62,  my  License 


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was  duly  made  out  and  signed  by  the  Bishop  of 
Ely. 

"  The  following  Sunday  I  visited  the  parish  Church 
for  the  first  time,  quite  unofficially.  On  my  way  to  the 
Church  before  morning  service  I  happened  to  meet 
the  son  of  an  old  friend  in  the  street,  an  undergraduate 
of  Emmanuel  College.  When  I  told  him  where  I  was 
going,  and  the  reason,  he  was  greatly  surprised,  and 
said  what  I  cannot  easily  forget,  '  What  1  going  to  the 
parish  of  Barnwell — you  don't  mean  to  say  so.  Why, 
it  would  be  better  for  you  to  go  among  the  Zulus. 
You  have  no  idea  of  the  kind  of  place  you  are  going 
to.  No  undergraduate  not  engaged  in  parish  work 
could  be  seen  there  without  the  taint  of  suspicion.' 

"  Such  was  the  character  of  Barnwell  as  it  was  in 
1862,  both  on  the  testimony  of  the  inhabitants  them- 
selves and  the  townspeople  of  Cambridge.  In  fact, 
the  name  of  Barnwell  was  almost  a  term  of  reproach, 
and  people  used  to  speak  of  it  with  a  certain  air  of 
apologetic  hesitancy. 

"  My  predecessors  had  done  much — very  much — for 
the  benefit  of  the  parish,  but  the  increase  of  the  popu- 
lation was  out  of  all  proportion  to  the  machinery  for 
parochial  organisation  such  as  the  exigencies  of  the 
case  demanded.  In  1821  there  were  221 1  inhabitants 
in  the  parish,  in  1831  there  were  6651,  and  in  i86'2 
there  were  close  upon  13000.  When  I  was  appointed  I 
found  only  one  Curate,  and  he  not  a  member  of  the 
University  ;  the  other  Curate,  the  Rev.  Henry  Collis,  left 
just  before  I  entered  upon  my  duties,  so  that  I  found 
before  me  only  the  Curate  of  the  advanced  age  of  sixty 


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years  and  one  Scripturc-rcadcr.  There  was  quite  a 
small  army  of  parish  workers,  who  laboured  with  an 
intelligence  and  ability  suited  to  the  importance  of  the 
demands  made  upon  them  by  so  large  a  population. 

"  At  that  time  the  church  accommodation  consisted 
of  Christ  Church,  capable  of  holding  1400  persons; 
the  Abbey  Church,  about  120  ;  and  a  very  little  Mission 
Room  in  Gas  Lane,  where  services  were  held  by  laymen 
for  the  benefit  of  the  very  poorest  of  the  population  in 
a  building  not  capable  of  holding  more  than  twenty  j 
people.  There  were  three  Sunday  Schools — the  Abbey, 
Gas  Lane,  and  Jesus  Lane,  at  that  time  situated  in 
King's  Street  in  an  adjoining  parish.  In  these  Schools 
there  were  between  1700  and  1800  children.  About  a 
hundred  undergraduates  one  way  or  another  worked  in 
Term-time  in  the  parish,  and  out  of  Term  their  places 
were  taken  by  teachers  living  on  the  spot.  Of  lady 
teachers  and  district  visitors  there  were  between  seventy 
and  eighty,  exclusive  of  supernumeraries. 

"  Such  was  the  condition  of  Barnwell  as  I  found  it. 
What  Barnwell  is  to-day  in  the  year  1889,  one  has  only 
to  look  round  in  order  to  form  a  proper  estimate.  In 
1862  there  were  men  and  women  living  there  who  had 
never  entered  any  place  of  worship.  Many  had  never 
been  baptized.  I  had  a  list  of  names,  numbering  some 
hundreds,  who,  though  living  together  as  husbands 
and  wives,  had  never  been  married.  The  place  where 
now  stands  St.  Matthew's  Church  was  the  rendezvous 
of  gij)sies,  cinder-sifters,  cadgers,  and  Bohemians  of 
all  kinds,  as  wild,  indeed  some  of  them  wilder,  than  the 
children  uf  the  prairie.     Let  any  one  now  look  at  St. 


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Matthew's  Church  and  its  surroundings,  and  he  will 
find  it  hard  to  believe  the  account  I  have  here  given 
of  what  the  locality  was  like  in  the  year  to  which 
I  refer. 

"I  desire  emphatically  to  give  the  honour  of  the 
great  work  of  successful  Missionary  labours  carried  out 
during  my  years  of  office  to  those  who  worked  with  me 
in  the  parish.  First  upon  the  list  I  place  my  friend 
Beamont,  Soon  after  I  went  into  residence  he  proposed 
to  me  a  scheme  of  Church  Extension,  which  I  gladly 
accepted.  The  case  at  this  time  stood  thus.  The 
Church  Pastoral  Aid  Society  allowed  a  grant  of  £^oo 
a  year.  The  Living  was  worth  only  £tzo  from  all 
sources.  By  Mr.  Beamont's  persistent  efforts  the  Uni- 
versity granted  me  £ ^oo  a  year  to  procure  additional 
Curates,  and  after  a  sermon  preached  by  Dr.  Vaughan 
before  the  University,  some  Fellows  of  their  Colleges 
very  generously  volunteered  their  parochial  services. 
Thus,  in  a  little  time  we  had  as  many  as  seven  Curates, 
including  volunteers  and  regulars,  working  in  the  parish. 
And  this  state  of  things  continued  with  but  little  inter- 
mission up  to  the  time  of  my  resignation  in  the  year 
1869.  Had  it  not  been  for  the  liberal  grant  from  the 
University  Chest,  the  work  could  not  have  been  carried 
out  as  successfully  as  it  has  been.  The  Barnwell  of 
to-day  is  so  unlike  the  Barnwell  of  a  quarter  of  a  century 
ago  that  those  who  do  not  know  its  past  history  can 
form  no  adequate  idea  of  the  wonderful  change  that 
has  passed  over  the  place.  No  one  could  possibly 
realise  the  difference  between  Gas  Lane  as  it  is  and  Gas 
Lane  as  it  was,  except  those  who  can  call  to  mind  the 


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history  of  the  past.  At  that  time,  when  the  foundations 
of  St.  Matthew's  Church  were  being  hiid,  the  site  was 
strongly  objected  to,  because  it  was  so  much  out  of  the 
way,  and  in  the  very  outskirts  of  the  parish.  It  was 
actually  in  the  fields,  and  not  a  single  house  beyond  it. 
But,  look  at  it  now,  with  a  new  town  built  all  round 
it,  and  a  new  po{)ulation  added  to  old  Barnwell,  new 
schools,  new  Mission  rooms,  and  all  sorts  of  parochial 
machinery  in  masterly  activity.  When  I  visited  the 
place  in  1882,  I  was  so  bewildered  with  the  new  streets 
that  I  could  not  easily  find  my  way.  It  was  a  pleasant 
surprise  to  me  to  find  that  Wellington  Row  had  under- 
gone such  complete  moral  fumigation  that,  owing  to 
the  energy  of  Canon  Leeke,  a  children's  Church  had 
been  built  there,  and  has  been  since  used  every  Sunday 
for  Special  Services.     Hen  mutatus  ! 

"  When  the  University  voted  their  generous  grant, 
it  occurred  to  some  of  us  that  it  might  be  well  to 
divide  the  parish  into  four  districts  and  to  give  one 
to  each  of  the  regular  Curates.  The  districts  were 
as  follows : — 

(i)   Christ  Church,  with  about  3500  people. 

(2)  The  Abbey  Church,  with  about  3000. 

(3)  Gas  Lane,  with  about  3000. 

(4)  East  Road  district,  with  about  2500. 

"  These  several  districts  were  worked  regularly  by 
the  Clergy  specially  set  apart  for  them,  so  that  they 
were  in  sole  charge  as  quasi-incumbents. 

"  With  grateful,  though  in  some  instances  with 
sorrowful  memory,  I  call  to  mind  the  vanished  past — 
the  days  that  are  no  more,  and  my  clerical  brethren,  my 


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friends  and  fellow-labourers,  some  of  whom  are  gone  to 
their  rest  and  to  their  reward.  Others  are  settled  down 
in  quiet  country  parishes,  or  have  been  elected  to  posi- 
tions of  useful  prominence.  To  all  who  still  survive, 
and  who  may  perhaps  read  these  lines,  I  desire  to  renew 
my  heartfelt  thanks,  and  to  assure  them,  wherever  they 
are,  that  neither  time  nor  place  have  dimmed  the 
recollections  of  the  days  that  are  gone,  or  of  the  old 
associations  of  parish  work  in  which  during  those  seven 
years  we  were  so  pleasantly  and  usefully  engaged. 

"  For  my  own  part,  all  I  can  say  is  that,  in  looking 
back  upon  my  past  experience  of  parochial  work  in 
Barnwell,  I  have  done  not  what  I  wished  to  do 
exactly,  but  the  best  I  could  under  the  circumstances, 
and  I  heartily  wish  that  it  had  been  better." 

It  was  in  Mr.  Weldon's  time  that  the  Weekly 
Offertory  was  established. 

Upon  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Weldon,  a  successor 
■was  found  in  the  person  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Tucker 
Leeke,  M.A.,  Fellow  of  Trinity  College  and  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Jesus  Lane  Sunday  Schools.  He  was 
Instituted  by  Dr.  Edward  Harold  Browne,  Bishop  of 
Ely,  at  Ely  House,  London,  on  the  23rd  of  June, 
1869;  Inducted  to  the  Living,  in  the  following  week, 
by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Campion  of  Queens'  College,  Rural 
Dean  ;  and  read  himself  in  on  the  morning  of  Sunday, 
July  4,  1869. 

A  Mission  was  commenced  on  the  17th  of  February, 
1870,  which  lasted  until  the  23rd.  The  Rev.  E.  H. 
McNeile  was  the  principal  Missioner,  assisted  by  many 
Clergy  and  laymen. 


4' 

At  Mr.  Lccke's  request,  the  Churchwardens  called  a 
meeting  of  seat-holders  on  June  21,  1871,  to  ascertain 
Iheir  views  as  to  the  re-seating  of  the  Church  with 
open  benches  in  lieu  of  the  then  shut-up  pews.  Open 
oak  benches  were  put  in  at  the  South  end  (the  Church 
standing  North  and  South),  facing  East  and  West, 
The  front  and  the  backs  of  the  seats  in  the  galleries 
were  reduced  in  height ;  the  pulpit  removed  from  the 
middle  of  the  Church  to  one  side,  and  the  reading  desk 
to  the  other,  a  lectern  being  placed  in  the  position 
formerly  occupied  by  the  pulpit ;  thus  giving  the  Church 
the  appearance  of  a  House  of  Prayer  rather  than  that 
of  a  Preaching-house.  No  further  steps,  however,  were 
taken  at  that  time  to  re-seat  the  remaining  portion  of 
the  Church. 

The  Communicants'  Prayer  Union  was  instituted  in 
October  of  the  same  year. 

It  was  in  1872  that  some  not  over  respectable 
houses  in  Wellington  Street  were  for  sale,  and  were 
secured  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  Children's  and 
Mission  Church,  which  was  licensed  May  26,  1873,  and 
is  still  used  for  that  purpose.  It  has  proved  a  light 
in  a  dark  place ;  and  has  changed,  not  only  the 
character  of  the  neighbourhood,  but  also  that  of  the 
people  living  in  it. 

During  the  week  of  March  2 — 9,  1873,  a  second 
Mission  was  held  in  this  parish,  the  principal  Missioncrs 
on  this  occasion  being  the  Rev.  T.  H.  Wilkinson,  Rev. 
H.  J.  Carter,  and  Rev.  J.  S.  Jones,  assisted  as  before 
by  many  able  and  willing  hands. 

Soon  after  the  time  of  the  Mission,  a  requisition, 

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signed  by  a  number  of  young  people  of  both  sexes, 
■was  sent  in  to  Mr.  Leeke,  asking  for  an  early  cele- 
bration of  the  Holy  Communion,  as  many  of  them 
were  unable  to  attend  that  in  the  midday  service. 
This  being  quite  in  accordance  with  his  own  wishes, 
he  consulted  a  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  Church, 
the  majority  of  whom  agreeing  with  him  the  service 
was  commenced,  and  is  still  fairly  attended. 

On  the  Qth  of  March,  1873,  Bishop  Harold  Browne 
held  an  Ordination  in  this  Church,  when  two  candi- 
dates were  admitted  to  the  Priesthood  and  one  to  the 
office  of  Deacon. 

Mainly  through  the  kind  offices  of  the  present 
Bishop  of  Durham  the  sum  granted  by  the  Committee 
of  the  Barnwell  and  Chesterton  Curates'  Fund  was 
increased,  so  as  to  give  extra  Curates  to  the  rapidly 
increasing  Parish. 

Two  Schools  were  added  to  those  already  in 
existence :  one  in  Eden  Street  (a  Higher  Grade  School 
for  Girls),  the  other  on  ground  at  the  back  of  St. 
John's  Mission  Church,  in  Wellington  Street — the 
latter  in  1875. 

Upon  the  Consecration  of  Dr.  Benson  to  the 
See  of  Truro,  the  Prime  Minister  offered  the  Chan- 
cellorship of  Lincoln  Cathedral,  together  with  a 
Canonry,  to  Mr.  Leeke,  who,  after  some  hesita- 
tion, agreed  to  accept  the  promotion  awarded  to 
him.  He  sent  in  his  resignation  at  the  beginning  of 
October,  1877,  and  preached  his  farewell  sermon  on  the 
7th  of  the  same  month. 

The  Rev.  Henry  Trotter,  M.A.,  Corpus  Christi 


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College,  Cambridge,  next  succeeded  to  the  Living.  He 
came  into  residence  as  soon  as  the  Rev.  E.  T.  Leeke 
left,  in  the  Autumn  of  the  year,  and  held  the  Living 
until  the  end  of  1883,  when  he  was  appointed  to  the 
Rectory  of  Trowbridge,  Wilts. 

In  order  to  increase  the  interest  of  the  lay  members 
of  the  congregation  in  Church  work,  the  ancient  custom 
of  Synod's  men  was  revived,  forming  a  consultative 
Church  Council. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  year  1878  work  was  begun, 
at  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Allnutt,  who  was  Curate  at 
that  time,  in  the  neglected  district  of  Rifle  Butts  Row ; 
then  one  long  ro.w  of  cottages  and  a  few  scattered 
houses,  across  the  railway  on  th\e  path  to  Cherry-. 
hinton.  A  cottage  was  rented  and  accommodated 
for  use  for  Week-day  and  Sunday  Schools,  Mission 
Services,  and  Coffee-room.  From  a  small  beginning 
this  work  expanded.  St.  Philip's  School  Church  was 
built  and  licensed  by  the  Bishop.  On  the  death  of 
Dr.  Geldart,  IMaster  of  Trinity  Hall,  tho  property 
adjacent  to  Butt's  Row  was  sold  for  building  purpo^es^^ 
and  a  large  population  quickly  spran,g  up  as  houses 
were  built.  A  piece  of  land  was  secured  in  the  centre, 
St.  Philip's  Church  was  taken  down  and  re-erected 
upon  it ;  and  now,  we  are  happy  to  say,  a  new  and 
larger  church  is  being  built.  The  work  there  was 
carried  on  by  the  following  gentlemen,  who  were 
licensed  by  the  Bishop :  Messrs.  Daintree,  Maxlow, 
and  L.  Bomford ;  while  the  Hon.  INIrs.  Sugden,  jMrs. 
Weymouth,  and  Mrs,  L.  Bomford  materially  assisted 
in  the  good  work. 


4+ 

During  the  laying  of  the  branch  railway  from  the 
Barnwell  Junction,  a  strong  effort  was  made  to  obtain 
the  use  of  the  Leper  Church  for  Divine  Service.  A 
commission  was  appointed  by  the  University,  including 
Dr.  Campion,  Rural  Dean.  Unfortunately  no  practical 
result  followed.  Let  us  hope  that  some  day  it  may 
be  restored  to  its  proper  use. 

The  Sunday  Schools  of  the  parish  continued  to  be 
well  worked,  and  the  annual  gatherings,  in  which  the 
Jesus  Lane  Sunday  School  took  part,  produced  the 
same  enthusiasm  and  entailed  the  same  careful  pre- 
paration as  of  yore.  At  the  Centenary  of  Sunday 
Schools,  which  took  place  in  1880,  the  St.  Andrew  the 
Less  contingent  held  its  own  and  was  not  surpassed 
by  any  other  parish. 

In  January,  1880,  a  Ten  Days'  Mission  was  held  by 
the  Rev.  W.  H.  Aitkin  at  Christ  Church,  which  left 
lasting  blessings  behind  it.  The  Mission  included  the 
Abbey  and  St.  John's  Churches,  where  other  Missioners 
held  Services. 

Evangelistic  Services  were  carried  on  systematically 
in  the  open  air ;  and,  during  the  annual  Fairs  held  on 
Midsummer  Common,  a  large  tent  was  pitched,  in 
•which  Services  were  held,  and  a  free  breakfast  given 
to  the  travelling  Fair-people  and  their  children. 

The  work  of  parochial  visitation  was  ably  supple- 
mented by  the  Staff  of  District  Visitors  and  Bible-women. 
The  temperance  work  in  the  parish  was  advanced 
by  the  erection  of  the  Coffee  Palace  on  the  East  Road. 
The   work   of  the   Lidustrial   Dwellings  Company 
helped   forward   the   cause   of  morality   in   providing 


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better  houses  for  the  working  classes  in  Cambridge, 
and  St.  Andrew  the  Less  parish  profited  by  its  opera- 
tions ;  and  we  must  not  omit  the  quiet  beneficent  work 
of  rescue  and  reform  carried  on  among  a  class  for 
which  at  one  time  the  parish  was  notorious.  Many 
of  the  worst  houses  were  closed. 

The  Rev.  Arthur  Henry  Delme  Radcliffe,  M.A., 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  was  the  next  Vicar.  He 
was  inducted  to  the  Living  by  the  Archdeacon  of  Ely 
in  April,  188+.  ]Many  alterations  and  improvements 
■were  made  during  his  time. 

First  we  would  mention  the  improvements  made  in 
the  Church  itself.  The  pews  had  long  been  an  eyesore 
to  many  members  of  the  congregation,  and  it  was 
thought  that  the  time  had  arrived  when  a  change 
might  be  made  acceptably  to  all.  The  Vicar,  Church- 
wardens, and  Sidesmen  therefore  formed  themselves 
into  a  Committee  to  solicit  subscriptions  towards 
re-seating  the  Church  with  open  benches  of  pitch-pine. 
The  appeal  was  liberally  responded  to,  and  the  work 
undertaken  and  successfully  carried  out  by  Mr.  Leach. 
A  new  Altar-cloth,  beautifully  worked,  had  but  a  short 
time  before  been  subscribed  for  by  the  congregation. 

About  this  time  one  member  of  the  congregation 
presented  an  electro-silver  alms-dish,  made  to  match 
the  Communion-service  ;  whilst  another  presented  one 
of  brass.  This  involved  the  necessity  of  substituting 
offertory  bags  for  the  boxes  which  had  been  so  long 
in  use. 

A  considerable  addition  was  made  to  the  Vicarage 
house,    chiefly   by   means   of  a   loan    uf   /^750   from 


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Queen  Anne's  Bounty,  by  which  the  house  was  made 
roomy  and  comfortable. 

An  alteration  was  made  in  the  constitution  of  the 
Parochial  Branch  of  the  Church  IMissionary  Society, 
by  which  an  Annual  Parochial  Meeting  and  Sale  of 
Work  was  held ;  which,  under  God's  blessing,  con- 
centrated the  interest,  and  resulted  in  the  amount 
raised  for  the  Society  being  more  than  double  that  of 
former  years. 

A  Branch  of  the  Girls'  Friendly  Society  was  formed 
by  Mrs.  Delm6  Radcliffe,  most  efficiently  assisted  by 
other  ladies  in  the  Parish;  it  numbered  about  130 
members  and  40  candidates.  This  Society  is  believed 
to  have  been  a  great  blessing  to  many  girls. 

There  was  a  large  increase  in  the  number  of 
members  of  the  Band  of  Hope,  chiefly  owing  to  the 
exertions  of  the  Curates  and  the  ladies  who  helped 
them. 

Also  a  Brass  Band  was  formed,  which  is  now 
attached  to  the  Youth's  Branch  of  the  Temperance 
Society. 

In  consequence  of  the  large  increase  of  the  number 
of  houses  on  the  Abbey  estate  it  was  thought  advisable 
to  take  steps  towards  the  enlargement  of  the  Abbey 
Church,  and  a  Committee  was  formed  and  Plans 
obtained  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  how  the 
enlargement  could  best  be  carried  out  without  injury  to 
the  present  edifice. 

In  December,  1888,  Mr.  Delme  Ratcliffe  accepted 
the  Vicarage  of  St.  John's,  Paddington,  and  preached 
his  farewell  sermon,  to  a  very  crowded  church,  on  the 


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last  Sunday  of  February,  18S9.  He  was  a  man  \vho 
Avon  the  hearts  of  his  parishioners  by  his  kind  and 
gentle  manners,  and  great  and  real  was  the  grief  of 
many  when  the  news  was  spread  of  his  departure  from 
among  them. 

The  Rev.  John  Gilp-ert  Dixon,  i\I.A.,  of  Gonville 
and  Caius  College,  who  is  the  present  Vicar,  succeeded. 
He  was  inducted  to  the  Living  by  the  Archdeacon  of 
Ely  on  the  i6th  of  April,  1889. 

It  is  much  to  be  regretted  that  on  the  appointment 
of  the  new  Vicar  the  Committee  of  the  Barnwell  and 
Chesterton  Curates'  Fund  felt  it  necessary  to  reduce 
the  Grant  towards  the  stipends  of  the  Clerical  Staff 
of  this  populous  Parish. 


Priors  of  Barnwell. 

1092 — Geoffrey  of  Huntingdon.  He  survived  the  re- 
moval to  Barnwell,  where  he  was  buried, 

1 1 1 3 — 'Gerard.  In  his  time  many  apartments  were  built, 
and  the  Church  carried  on  with  diligence. 

. . . . — Richard  Norrell,  or  Noel,  resigned  after  two 
years  and  went  to  France. 

1115 — Hugh  Domesman,  a  Canon,  Prior  twenty  years, 
died  of  consumption. 

1 1 35 — Robert  Joel,  Prior  33  years,  buried  at  Barnwell. 

1 197 — Another  Robert  occurs. 

1207 — William  Devonienses,  died  25  Jan.  1213-14, 
buried  at  Barnwell. 


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1213 — William  de  Bedford,  Sacrist,  appointed  Nov.  2, 

12 1 3,   died   a  few  days  after  his  instalment, 

buried  at  Barnwell. 
12 14 — Richard   de   Burgh,    died   soon   after  election, 

buried  at  Barnwell. 
12 15 — Laurence  de  Stanesfeld,  built  most  of  the  offices 

and  the  Chapel  of  St.  Edmund,  died  1252, 

buried  at  Barnwell. 
1253 — Henry  de  Eye,  resigned  in  the  third  year  of  his 

Priorate,  died  1270,  buried  at  Barnwell. 
1256 — Jolan   de   Thorleye,   resigned    1266,    buried  at 

Barnwell. 

1266 — Simon  de  Ascellis,  M.A.  Oxon.,  resigned  1297, 
died  the  same  year,  buried  at  Barnwell. 

1297 — Benedict  de  Welton,  resigned  13 16, 

1316 — Fulk,  elected  Dec.  3,  13 16. 

1330 — John  de  Quye,  alias  Oxney,  Canon  of  Ely. 

1 340 — John  de  Brunne. 

1350 — Ralph  de  Norton,  received  temporalities  July  i. 

1383 — Thomas  de  Canterbury. 

1 392 — ^John  Bernewelle,  alias  Outlawe. 

1408 — William  Downe,  died  1428. 

1428 — John  Chatcriz,  received  temporalities  Dec.  3. 

1434 — John  Page,  received  temporalities  March  22, 
1434-5- 

1 44 1 — John  Poket,  died  Aug.  28,  1464,  buried  at 
Barnwell. 

1464 — ^John  Whaddon,  resigned  Nov.  10,  1474. 

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1474 — William  Tcbald,  or  Thibaud.  He  was  Canon  in 
1454,  and  Sub-Prior  the  same  year,  and  till 

1474. 

1489 — John  Leveryington,  Precentor  1474. 

1495 — William  Rayson,  alias  Cambridge,  received  tem- 
poralities Feb.  14,  1489-90. 

1522 — Thomas  Rawlyn,  alias  Cambridge,  Canon  regular, 
was  ordained  Sub-Deacon  1490,  resigned  after 
1523,  but  when  is  doubtful,  died  1543. 

1527 — Nicholas  Smith,  compelled  to  resign  1534,  was 
living  in  1551. 

1534 — John  Badcock,  who  was  the  last  Prior  of  Barn- 
well, yielded  up  his  Priory  Nov.  8,  1539,  to 
Henry  VHL,  died  about  1562. 

Perpetual  Curates  of  St.  Andrew  the  Less, 
Barnwell. 
1620 — Francis  Hobman. 
1620 — Ralph  Rotheram. 
1 63 1 — John  Goldson. 
1 646 — Thomas  Tififord. 

1649 — William  Bagley,  died  1665. 

*  *  * 

1 67 1 — John  Moore,  D.D.,  Sidney,  Bishop  of  Norwich, 
afterwards  Bishop  of  Ely,  was  Vicar  at  this 
date. 

*  *  * 

1709 — William  Piers. 

17 14 — Robert  Alfounder,  B.D.,  Emmanuel  College. 


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lyzo — William  Eullcr,  B.A.,  Emmanuel  College,  died 

at  Cli(T,  Kent,  May  22,  1731,  aged  36  years. 
*  #  * 

1754 — Richard  Hurd,  D.D.,  Emmanuel  College,  Bishop 

of  Lichfield,   afterwards   of  Worcester,    died 

May  28,   1808. 
1757 — Richard  Richardson. 
1762 — Richard   Farmer,    D.D.,    afterwards   Master   of 

Emmanuel  College,  died  1797. 
1770 — Samuel  Blackall,  B.D.,  Emmanuel  College. 
1774 — William  Bond,  M.A.,  Caius  College. 
1776 — Thomas  Sisson,  M.A.,  Emmanuel  College, 
1782 — Thomas  Veasey,  B.D.,  St.  Peter's  College. 
1785 — John  Bullcn,  M.A.,  Emmanuel  College. 
1818 — Richard    Relhan,    the   Botanist,    M.A.,    Trinity 

College. 
1821— William  Pulling,  M.A.,  Sidney  Sussex  College, 

a  famous  Linguist. 
1826 — James  Geldart,  LL.D.,  Trinity  Hall. 
1837— Thomas   Boodle,   M.A.,   Trinity   College,   who 

in    1839    became    the   first  Vicar  of  Christ 

Church. 

Vicars  of  Christ  Church,  Barnwell. 

1839-45— Thomas  Boodle,  M.A.,  Trinity  College,  after- 
wards Vicar  of  Christ  Church,  Virginia  Waters, 
Hants. 

1845-59— Jonathan  Holt  Titcomb,  D.D.,  St.  Peter's 
College,  afterwards  first  Bishop  of  Rangoon, 
died  April  2,  1887. 


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1859-62 — Charles  Kirkby  Robinson,  D.D.,  Master  of 
St.  Catharine's  College,  and  Canon  of  Norwich, 

1862-69 — George  Warburton   Weldon,    M.A.,   Trinity 

College,   Dublin,   incorporated  M.A.  Trinity 

College,  Cambridge,  now  Vicar  of  Bickley, 

Kent. 
1869-77 — Edward  Tucker  Leeke,  M.A.,  late  Fellow  of 

Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  now  Chancellor 

of  Lincoln  Cathedral. 
1877-84 — Henry  Trotter,  M.A.,  Corpus  Christi  College, 

now  Rector  of  Trowbridge. 
1884-89— Arthur  Henry  Delmd  Radcliffe,  M.A.,  Trinity, 

now  Vicar  of  St.  John's,  Paddington,  London, 
1889 — John  Gilbert  Dixon,  M.A.,  Gonville  and  Caius 

College,  the  present  Vicar. 


Jfl$i  t\  §linn\mnvhm. 


1839-40 — Turner,  Samuel  Austin. 

Rowe,  Richard. 
1840-41 — Turner,  Samuel  Austin. 

Rowe,  Richard, 
1841-42 — Naylor,  Thomas  Hacke. 

Smith,  William. 
1842-43 — Naylor,  Thomas  Hacke. 

Smith,  William. 
J  843-44 — Naylor,  Thomas  Hacke. 

Cooper,  Charles  Henry. 
1844-45 — Naylor,  Thomas  Hacke. 

Rowe,  Richard. 
1845-46 — Naylor,  Thomas  Hacke. 

Wisdom,  John. 
1846-47 — Naylor,  Thomas  Hacke. 

Smith,  William. 
JS47-48 — Smith,  William. 

Apthorpc,  William  Henry. 


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1848-49 — Anthony,  Thomas, 

Rowe,  Richard. 

1849-50 — Rowe,  Richard. 

Wisdom,  John. 

1850-51 — Smith,  Thomas. 

Coward,  Thomas. 
1851-52 — Smith,  Thomas. 

Coward,  Thomas. 
1852-53 — Smith,  Thomas. 

Smyth,  WiUiam  Townrow, 
1853-54 — Waters,  William. 

Smyth,  William  Townrow. 
1854-55 — Waters,  William. 

Smyth,  William  Townrow. 
1855-56 — Waters,  William. 

Headley,  James  Ind. 
1856-57 — Rowe,  Richard. 

Headley,  James  Ind. 
1857-58 — Rowe,  Richard. 

Waters,  William. 
1858-59 — Waters,  William. 
Smith,  Thomas. 
1859-60 — Waters,  William. 

Smith,  Thomas,  who  died  in  November, 

1859,  and  was  succeeded  by 
Rowe,  Richard. 
1860-61 — Waters,  William. 
Rowe,  Richard. 
1861-62 — Waters,  William. 
Rowe,  Richard. 
1862-63 — Rowe,  Richard. 
Waters,  William. 


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1S63-64 — Rowe,  Richard. 

Webb,  John. 
1864-65— Webb,  John. 

Smith,  William  Charles. 
1865-66 — Bailey,  Frederick. 

Smith,  William  Charles. 
1866-67 — Cailey,  Frederick. 

Rowe,  Richard  Reynolds. 
1867-68 — Bailey,  Frederick, 

Palmer,  Robert  Berrington. 
1868-69 — Bailey,  Frederick. 

Wisbey,  Alfred. 
1869-70 — Bailey,  Frederick. 

Wisbey,  Alfred. 
1870-71 — Wisbey,  Alfred. 

Crawley,  Young. 
1871-72 — Crawley,  Young. 

White,  William. 
1872-73 — Crawley,  Young. 

White,  William. 
1873-74 — Crawley,  Young. 

White,  William. 
1874-75 — Webb,  John. 

White,  William. 
1875-76— Webb,  John. 

White,  William. 
1876-77— White,  William. 

Burrows,  Robert  Cresswell. 
1877-78 — White,  William. 

Burrows,  Robert  Cresswell. 
1878-79 — Burrows,  Robert  Cresswell. 

Francis,  Joseph. 


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1879-80 — Burrows,  Robert  Cresswell. 

Francis,  Joseph. 
1880-81 — Bailey,  Frederick. 

Francis,  Joseph. 
1881-82 — Bailey,  Frederick. 

Coggin,  Henry, 
1882-83— Fulford,  William. 

Todd,  John. 
1883-84— Fulford,  William. 

Todd,  John. 
1884-85— Fulford,  William. 

Todd,  John. 
1885-86— Fulford,  William. 

Todd,  John. 
1886-87— Fulford,  William. 

Todd,  John. 
1887-88— Fulford,  William. 

Todd,  John. 
1888-89— Fulford,  William. 

Todd,  John. 


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